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it all depends on the matter the object has, since all objects are made of matter and since weight is benefactored into this i can calculate the amount of Newtons an object has.
Pretend there is a object that is on the surface of the earth, it has at least a minimum of four forces effecting it, applied, friction, gravity, and normal
Since the force of gravity is equal to the normal force, i can find it using the gravitational constant 9.8 and multiply it by the amount of mass an object has.
Using this i can calculate the Net force of an object and determine how much the earth is effect this object. Though i am only calculating the force and not taking in Newtons three laws, first being inertia the reason objects keep moving at the same direction until another unbalanced force like friction stops them. Also Newtons third law where an object exerts a froce on a second object, that object exerts a force that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first object. Though you might be asking "then why dont the forces cancel each other out?" It is because mass effects the acceleration, but that is a completely different lesson for another time.
Or in simpler terms
Why does a huge meteorite when it has crashed on earths surface leave a giant crater? Why isn't the ground flat if it is unable to fall through thick dirt and stone?
Originally posted by Rev. Jim Osborne
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Pretend there is a object that is on the surface of the earth, it has at least a minimum of four forces effecting it, applied, friction, gravity, and normal
Since the force of gravity is equal to the normal force, i can find it using the gravitational constant 9.8 and multiply it by the amount of mass an object has.
Using this i can calculate the Net force of an object and determine how much the earth is effect this object. Though i am only calculating the force and not taking in Newtons three laws, first being inertia the reason objects keep moving at the same direction until another unbalanced force like friction stops them. Also Newtons third law where an object exerts a froce on a second object, that object exerts a force that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first object. Though you might be asking "then why dont the forces cancel each other out?" It is because mass effects the acceleration, but that is a completely different lesson for another time.
Or in simpler terms
Why does a huge meteorite when it has crashed on earths surface leave a giant crater? Why isn't the ground flat if it is unable to fall through thick dirt and stone?
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